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Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate Commands - Add or Remove

How to Add or Remove the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate Commands in Windows 7

Information

This will show you how to add or remove the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands from the Start Menu, Start Menu power button, CTRL+ALT+DEL screen, and Alt+F4 Shut Down Windows dialog for all users in Windows 7.

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Note

This does not prevent users from being able to use any other method (ex: shortcuts) to Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate the computer. It only removes them from the Start Menu, Start Menu power button, CTRL+ALT+DEL screen, and Alt+F4 Shut Down Windows dialog locations.

Thanks Shawn, the tut for removing Switch User and Lock worked, the one for removing sleep did not. The Switch User and Lock are grayed out in the restart button and do not show as an option in Properties.

I just tested it again on my system, and that disable Sleep in Start Menu tutorial is not working for me now either. It use to when it was first posted. It may be one of those things that SP1 now prevents from working somehow. I sent Ted a PM to see if it's still working for him or not.

I have it currently disabled in 64-bit Ultimate SP1 without issue, as a matter of fact I just reinstalled less than 2 weeks ago and had no issue using the method outlined in the tutorial to disable it then.

Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate Commands - Add or Remove

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